Glossary · Adjectives · C
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ConsentingadjectiveFreely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishescandidate
Consistentadjectivemarked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of partscandidate
Constituentadjectiveconstitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)candidate
Constitutionaladjectivesanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a governmentcandidate
Constitutiveadjectiveconstitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)candidate
Constructiveadjectiveconstructing or tending to construct or improve or promote developmentcandidate
Consubstantialadjectiveregarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)candidate
Contentiousadjectiveinclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suitscandidate
Continentaladjectiveof or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary Warcandidate
Continualadjective`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)candidate
Continuantadjectiveof speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage, such as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then'candidate
Contradictoryadjectiveof words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be falsecandidate
Contrapuntaladjectivehaving two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding togethercandidate
Contraryadjectiveof words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be falsecandidate
Contrastiveadjectivesyntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentencecandidate